ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT

Public opinion was mixed at a meeting Caltrans in Solvang Wednesday to inform and answer questions about the agency’s proposal to build a roundabout or a traffic signal at the intersection of state highways 154 and 246.

ICE ON ROCKS? SHERIFF BROWN DEFENDS PROGRAM

Federal officials tout Secure Communities as a dragnet for dangerous criminals. They cite statistics to underscore its success: Since 2008, it has removed more than 77,000 criminal illegal immigrants from the U.S., including some 28,000 offenders with prior convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as murder, rape and the...